A good background book for holidays in Bermuda, this episodic story of the Carrolls, from 1609 to the present. In each story, one gets something of Bermuda's history, from the wreck that brought the first settlers to shore, through threatening Spanish galleons, treasure,piracy, aiding the rebels during the American Revolution, blockade running during the Civil War, and linking fortunes with the United States when the airplane service becomes an established fact.